Dune will be part of the 6 book Penguin Galaxy Series, which will be released on October 25th with a new introduction from Neil Gaiman and an afterword by BH.The other 5 books are The Once and Future King, Stranger in a Strange Land, 2001, The Left Hand of Darkness and Neuromancer.

I like the looks of the book and it would nice to have a hardcover set of the [true] Dune novels like this. I have the first in hardcover from years ago but the others just in paperback and Kindle. If they do all 6 Dune books like this, I would buy it.

I wonder how much it burns BoBo's ass that Neil Gaiman got the Forward and he was relegated to the back of the book.

The name Atreides was also consciously chosen. It is the family name of Agamemnon. Says Herbert, "I wanted a sense of monumental aristocracy, but with tragedy hanging over them--and in our culture, Agamemnon personifies that."Frank Herbert by Tim O'Reillyhttp://tim.oreilly.com/herbert/

Ouch that is a jab at McDune. Good on Neil. I hope Penguin (doubt they will) will do the other 5 Dune Chronicles like this.

The name Atreides was also consciously chosen. It is the family name of Agamemnon. Says Herbert, "I wanted a sense of monumental aristocracy, but with tragedy hanging over them--and in our culture, Agamemnon personifies that."Frank Herbert by Tim O'Reillyhttp://tim.oreilly.com/herbert/